The incident reportedly happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday along a wooded trail behind the Owen Brown Village neighborhood in Columbia. Police said the female jogger was attacked by a man who appeared to be a jogger, too.

"He did have athletic running attire on. She heard someone behind her, and then a man approached her from behind and grabbed both of her breasts," said police spokeswoman Mary T. Phelan.

Investigators said the woman screamed, and another jogger heard that and ran toward her to help, only to see the assailant run away.

"People are brave nowadays. When I was growing up, places got robbed when you went on vacation. But things happen in the middle of the day in broad daylight now, so who knows," said nearby resident Elizabeth Chestnut.

The incident follows a series of attacks on joggers in the past two weeks, all of which occurred during the day. Joggers across Baltimore City have been robbed of their smartphones, but the most troubling case was reported in western Baltimore County, where police said a man tried to strangle a female jogger and pulled her into the woods by her feet. Officials said the victim bit the man on the arm and was able to get away.

Howard County detectives said they do not see any connections so far between those cases and the Columbia case.

"The descriptions of the suspects don't seem to add up," Phelan said.

Meanwhile, a local running club called the Howard County Striders is putting out even more emphasis on teaching its runners about safety, using a buddy system and not using headphones.

"Listen to your footfall and breathing, etc. But headphones -- if you're going to use them, put them in one ear and have another ear open so you can always hear what's going on," said group spokesman Bill Albezaer.

So far, Howard County police only have a vague description of the attacker in the Columbia incident; however, they did not release it.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUR BIG STORY TONIGHT. IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN. ANOTHER JOGGER HAS BEEN ATTACKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. SHE WAS GROPED AS SHE WAS RUNNING ALONG A TRAIL IN HOWARD COUNTY. IT'S ANOTHER ATTACK THAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS DURING THE DAY AND RIGHT NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, 6:30 P.M., THE SUMMER SUN WAS STILL OUT. ALONG THIS WOODED TRAIL POLICE SAY A FEMALE JOGGER WAS ATTACKED BY A MAN WHO APPEARED TO BE A JOGGER AS WELL. HE DID HAVE RUNNING ATTIRE ON. SHE HEARD SOMEONE BEHIND HER AND THEN A MAN APPROACHED HER FROM BEHIND AND GRABBED BOTH OF HER BREASTS. THE WOMAN SCREAMED, ANOTHER JOGGER HEARD THAT AND RAN TOWARD HER TO HELP ONLY TO SEE THE SUSPECT RUN AWAY. PEOPLE ARE BRAVE THESE DAYS. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, PEOPLE GOT ROBBED WHEN YOU WERE AWAY ON VACATION, NOW IT HAPPENS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. THIS ATTACK FOLLOWS A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON JOGGERS ALL DURING THE DAY. JOGGERS ACROSS BALTIMORE CITY HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THEIR SMARTPHONES AND IN WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY THE SUSPECT IN THIS SKETCH TRIED TO STRANGLE A FEMALE JOGGER AND PULLED HER INTO THE WOODS BY HER FEET. SHE BIT HIM ON THE ARM AND GOT AWAY. HOWARD DETECTIVES DO NOT SEE ANY CONNECTION SO FAR. A LOCAL RUNNING CLUB WE TALKED TO WILL NOW PUT EVEN MORE EMPHASIS ON TEACHING RUNNERS ABOUT SAFETY USING A BUDDY SYSTEM AND NOT HEADPHONES. IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE HEADPHONES, ONLY IN ONE EAR AND HAVE THE OTHER EAR OPEN SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON. HOWARD COUNTY POLICE ONLY HAVE A VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF THE